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Subject: Re: [MAPS-L] geologic feature in Turkey
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:11:14 -0500
From: Robert T Wyatt <[log in to unmask]>
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Interesting! I can't tell from the photo either, but since Sanliurfa is
underlain by limestone, it would more likely be a horst and graben
feature. Then, it could also be an impact crater with a central rebound
peak....

Let us know if you find out!
Robert


Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee wrote:
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> Subject:        geologic feature in Turkey
> Date:   Mon, 3 Jun 2013 14:37:02 -0400
> From:   Jeff Essic <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
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> A patron here is very interested in a geologic feature in Turkey,
> visible at http://binged.it/17SCnzL or http://goo.gl/maps/UplsF
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> I suspect that it's a volcanic caldera, but can anyone confirm?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jeff Essic
> Data Services Librarian
> North Carolina State University
> D.H. Hill Library, Research & Information Services
> Box 7111, Raleigh, NC  27695-7111
> (919) 515-5698
> http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis